Terrible information: Deja Kelly was suspended following evidence of a misunderstanding with the head coach.
When the buzzer went off to conclude regulation, Alyssa Ustby was seated on her knees beneath the basket.
With 30 seconds left, the senior guard for North Carolina missed a layup that would have won the game. A minute and a half into overtime, she fouled out. After leading by as many as 14 points, the Tar Heels lost their fourth straight game four minutes later. “I believe the feeling is simply annoyance.
There’s no other option, according to Deja Kelly. “We were like after the first defeat. “Oh, everything is fine.” There was a lot of kumbaya material. As a senior, I’m really tired of that.For now, we’re not doing well. Although we’re not now, we can be.
All we have to do is keep improving. In the third, the Heels had an opportunity to take the lead and seemed in control. According to Blue Devils head coach Kara Lawson, her team was taken aback when UNC “threw a haymaker at us.” In the first three quarters, Duke shot just 35.9% from the field, which was lower than their season average of 45.7%, and 3-14 (21.4%) from beyond the arc. In the third, it managed just three field goals.
The tide then changed. To begin the fourth, UNC missed eight straight attempts. In the 24 attempts made between the fourth quarter and overtime, the Tar Heels managed just five field goals (20.8%), including one 3-pointer. With six of its final 20 layups, Carolina made six of its 19 baskets, one more than its season low.
Duke, meanwhile, was hard at work dismantling the opposition’s defense and scored 34 points in that same amount of time. Ten out of twenty were from the field. Despite the Devils’ late comeback, Carolina had numerous chances. With 3:22 left, rookie Reniya Kelly knotted the score at 58, but the team missed its next six baskets and forced Duke to the free-throw line.
